1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 957580daad78..792d06e811c1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2352,6 +2352,9 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *old_de, *new_de;
         int retval, force_da_alloc = 0;
 
+        if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+                dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
+
         dquot_initialize(old_dir);
         dquot_initialize(new_dir);